The last walk, our companion animals at the end of their lives

2013-02-27

University of Virginia. School of Medicine

As our companion animals grow old and infirm, veterinarians and human caregivers alike face a complex and confusing array of choices and decisions. This Medical Center Hour explores some of the central moral challenges in end-of-life care for animals, from pain management and quality-of-life assessments to palliative treatment, hospice care, and making that final decision to hasten an animal's death. Considering this "last walk" with our pets, bioethicist Jessica Pierce and compassionate care advocate Susan Bauer-Wu borrow some ethical guideposts from the field of human bioethics (and offer a few in return).

A John F. Anderson Memorial Lecture
Co-presented with the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life, UVA

Pierce, Jessica, 1965- (Speaker); Bauer-Wu, Susan (Speaker); Childress, Marcia Day (Moderator); University of Virginia. School of Medicine

Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

Filmed lectures

Pets; Terminal care; Bioethics

Medical Center Hour

Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

English

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